Office 2007 Document Problems

I have the same problem, some pptx files can't be opened in Powerpoint 2007 release version,even choose to recover the file. But here is a resolution from Microsoft KB which may be helpful for others (while not for me :( ...) Http://support.Microsoft.Com/kb/820703

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Replying to Feedbacker

I have exactly the same problem. Any fixes?

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Same issue here too. NOT corrupt.
Office 2007 Document Problems

I have a user experiencing the same problem. All Excel files give the same error(s) from the original post. Yet, other users (myself included) can open the files fine, so we know they arent corrupt.

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Unreadable Microsoft Office 2003 files solution ( specially for Microsoft Office 2007 )
Office 2007 Document Problems

If you are experiencing problems with opening excel 2003 files in Microsoft office 2007 with following errors and malfunctions:
1. The file may be corrupted, located on a server that is not responding, or read-only
2. The content unreadable and corrupted in any kind of it.
3. .Xls files cause errors with various definitions and error codes
4. 2003 Office files cannot be opened correctly in Office 2007
You can solve the problem with the easiest way available. As you know sometimes the answer is so close that you can�t se it! Just like someone in jungle who sees trees and says �I can�t see the jungle!!�
1. Insert Microsoft Office 2007 CD in your CD/DVD Rom and setup the office again
2. Setup Microsoft Office 2007 again and in the menu choose Repair.
3. Confirm system boot and restart your pc.
4. Open files without any problem!
This method worked for many of my friends who wanted help from me. Hope this will do the trick for you too.
Surf Safe!

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help - unreadable content
Office 2007 Document Problems

Replying to Jimmy89

Hi guys,

I am still having problems with this issue. I am using a pivot table (but quite a basic one). Everytime I update and re-save (within excel 2003) when I try and open it I get this error message. Can anyone let me know how I solve the problem - it is driving me mad!

Lisa

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How to reduce size of ppt in compatibility mode?
Office 2007 Document Problems

Hi..I prepared a ppt in MS 2007 format which was of 1 MB . I saved it in  MS 97-2003 compatibility mode  for sharing as others may not have MS 2007. However the size has increased 10 times to 10 MB making it difficult to share.

Is there a way to have a smaller file compatible with earlier versions of MS?

Thanks\

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I might have found a solution for Office 2003, but your mileage may vary....
Office 2007 Document Problems

I had this problem the other way around, I couldn't open documents created in Office 2007 with Office 2003 even after installing & reinstalling the File Format Converter from Microsoft, this happened with Word & Excel.

After wasting hours reading lots of posts through the web, deleting normal.Dot, then reinstalling Office, messing with windows registry, nothing worked.

Until out of desperation I checked the services running under Windows XP and found that the service named WebClient was on manual and not running, so I initialised the service and then suddenly all Office files opened and saved flawlessly (2003 & 2007), now I don't know if this service is the only one directly responsible for this behaviour or if additional services need to be running in order Office to properly open and save documents.

But here's the solution that worked for me: 

Execute services.Msc 

Look for a service called : WebClient

Check wether the service is running, if not initialise it, and make sure its default settings are set to Automatic so it starts whenever you start your PC, Click Ok .

Now try to open & save Office documents, and see if it works, it did for me.

Like most services on WinXP the description for this service is so generic that it almost makes no sense:

Enables Windows-based programs to create, access, and modify Internet-based files. If this service is stopped, these functions will not be available. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.

One of the reasons I still miss Windows 95 and I don't like Windows NT, 2000, XP or Vista one bit, I've already installed Ubuntu and OpenOffice and I'm seriosly considering dumping PCs and Windows in favor of Macs

Hope that helps...

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Re: How to reduce size of ppt in compatibility mode?
Office 2007 Document Problems

Try saving not in ppt, but in pps...

The "show" version - so as soon as the user double clicks the file, it opens a show directly, and does not open the application. 

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Office 2007 Document Problems / I might have found a solution for Office 2003, but your mileage may vary....
Office 2007 Document Problems

Thanks to Byros for that very useful post

8/9/2009: I had a sudden problem with office 2007 on Vista with sp2...Could not open most .Doc files.  Word would crash during the opening process and I would have to manually kill it.

Indeed, as Byros suggested, my "Webclient" service was stopped, it was even set to "disabled".  Restarting it and setting it to "automatic" fixed the problem right away.

Thank you Byros

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problem opening word docs
Office 2007 Document Problems

hi guys,

when I try to open a word attachment in my outlook I can preview the doc but when I try to open it I just get a blue screen, then when I try to close it I get an error message saying that "word has stopped working"

Can annyone help

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